Radial stem variations of Tabebuia chrysantha (Bignoniaceae) in different tropical forest ecosystems of southern Ecuador

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-48

  Volland Voigt, Franziska ^a   Bräuning, Achim ^a   Ganzhi, Oswaldo ^b   Peters, Thorsten ^a   Maza, Hector ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Dendrometer; Ecuador; Tabebuia chrysantha; Tropical mountain forest; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY; DENDROMETER; ECUADOR; MOUNTAIN FORESTS; TABEBUIA CHRYSANTHA; WOOD ANATOMY;

ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; RAIN; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

CORDIA; DENDROMETERS; DIAMETER; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; RAIN; STEMS; TROPICS; WOOD STRUCTURE;

BIGNONIACEAE; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA CHRYSANTHA;

EID: 78651415133     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0461-6     Document Type: Article

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